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important outlets for meltwater and iceberg dis-charge occur along the margin of the Greenland Inland Ice. One of these is Disko Bugt in central West Greenland (Fig. 1). Large-scale exchange processes between the deep ocean and atmosphere are highly sensitive with regard to meltwater fluxes and glob...
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| Summary: | important outlets for meltwater and iceberg dis-charge occur along the margin of the Greenland Inland Ice. One of these is Disko Bugt in central West Greenland (Fig. 1). Large-scale exchange processes between the deep ocean and atmosphere are highly sensitive with regard to meltwater fluxes and global climate change. The Greenland Sea and Labrador Sea (see Fig. 1) with adjacent waters are the only regions in the Northern Hemisphere where deep-water formation occurs. New evidence shows that this process appears to be highly variable (e.g. Sy et al. 1997). Thus, meltwater produc-tion and iceberg calving from the Inland Ice margin of West Greenland may play a crucial role in controlling deep-water formation, notably in the Labrador Sea. In order to examine the sensitivity of the Inland Ice margin to climate change, the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has since 1998 supported a project coordinated by Durham University. The project has included both land-based studies focusing on post-glacial sea-level rise and the regional ice sheet history since the last glaciation as well as offshore investiga- |
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